Alamogordo High School athletes might be playing in a different class and district for the next two years if the latest organization of state athletics goes through.

The new districts could mean longer trips for Alamogordo, particularly during district play, but the Tigers will most likely have a different lineup of teams to play during regular season play as well, according to Alamogordo High School Athletic Director Lawrence Johnson.

He said the Tigers will play some of the same teams, but the school will be in a different district, so it will play different teams in district play than it is used to.

"It's going to be interesting," Johnson said.

He said that the increased travel times will cost the school district more money, and trips to, say, Carlsbad in the winter might be a little "hairy."

"Now we're playing those schools one time," he said. "We're going to end up playing those schools two times."

The alignment classification meeting with the New Mexico Activities Association Board of Directors took place Wednesday in Albuquerque.

Part of the realignment is aimed at not having three team districts, Johnson said.

Alamogordo is set to move up to District 4-6A with Carlsbad, Clovis and Hobbs. Right now, Alamogordo is in the same district as Mayfield, Las Cruces, Oñate and Gadsden.

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"We moved ... to the east side (of the state)," Johnson said.

Johnson said the western district of the southern part of the state will be comprised of Oñate, Las Cruces, Mayfield, Deming and Gadsden.

He said all schools are moving up one class because Class B is being taken away.

Johnson said the alignment is not final and a petition hearing is set for Dec. 5 for schools to address concerns.

"After the meeting on (Dec. 5), these things will be official," Johnson said.

He said Alamogordo is considering a petition.

"We are looking at the idea of petitioning and we will put our paperwork together for what we believe to be a better situation for us," he said.

Should the alignment become official, Tularosa will move from District 3-2A to District 3-3A, along with Capitan, Lordsburg and Mesilla Valley.

Cloudcroft will move from District 3-1A to District 3-2A along with Alamo Navajo, Magdalena and Mescalero, if the alignment goes through.